The press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) during the special operation in the Donetsk direction were more than 315 soldiers and mercenaries.
In addition, two armored vehicles GRAD MLRS, D-20 and Msta-B howitzers belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
According to the defense ministry, the forces of the “southern” group of Russian troops struck units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlements of Krasnoe, Kalinovka and Bogdanovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The Ministry of Defense said that for Artemovsk (Ukrainian name – Bakhmut), fierce clashes continue in the same direction. According to him, the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC advanced and captured two blocks on the northern and southern outskirts of the city.
the ministry too declarationthe deliberate destruction of urban infrastructure and residential buildings by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which remained in the city during the retreat, in order to slow down the advance of Russian troops.